i'm going to ensure center thune will support me in my efforts . i ask unanimous consent that a cloture is invoked on the veto message on our 6395 , national defense authorization act notwithstanding rule 22 . 3 pm today . 3 pm today , friday, january 1 essay proceeds for consideration of calendar number 645 hr 90512 provide $2000 direct payment to the working class . at the bill be considered red third time and set vote on passage of the bill . that is past the motion to reconsider be considered made and wait upon the table. further that follows the vote on hr 90517 proceeds in consideration of calendar menumber six or 085 at the lb considered a third time and there be one hour of debate on the bill equally divided by myself or my designee senator mcconnell or his designee . following the building back at that time the second passage of the bill passed the motion to reconsider be considered made and laid on the table . all without intervening action were debate. >> is their objection? >> mister president . >> reserving the right to object i want t

thune mr. tester, mr. tillis, mr. toomey, mr. tuberville, mr. van hollen, mr. warner, mr.warnock, ms. warren, mr. whitehouse, mr. wicker, mr. wyden. .. .. [silence] [silence] [silence] [silence] senate. [silence] [silence] [silence] [silence] the knees are what you buy. emotion is agreed to. not sustained. majority leader. >> mr. president. >> majority leader. >> i have a resolution to organize the proceedings at the desk.. >> clerk will report. >> senate resolution 16 to provide for related procedures concerning the article of impeachment against donald john trump, president of the united ustates. >> i asked for the yeas and nays. >> there is a sufficient second. click will call the role. [roll call vote] [roll call vote] [roll call vote] should. [roll call vote] [roll call vote] [roll call vote] [roll call vote] [roll call vote] [roll call vote] [roll call vote] [roll call vote] [roll call vote] [roll call vote] [silence] [silence] [silence] >> this motion, yeas or 83. nazar 17. the resolution is agreed to. majority leader. >> at the core of impeachment adjourned until t

thune? sen. thune: as this committee considers your nomination for transportation infrastructure, it has always been an area for bipartisan cooperation as evidenced by the actor that enjoyed light popularity in congress and among the states. the other thing that enjoys bipartisan popularity around here is not paying for it. we continue to just hand the bill to our kids in grandkids -- kids and grandkids. i just want to put on your radar that these investments that we want to make in roads and bridges and highways, we have to address the issue of how we finance it. the environment public works committee reported a bill last session of congress anyone to zero with an increased funding for highways by 28%. the reason it came out 21 to zero -- 21 to zero, is they don't want to pay for it. it is going to take presidential leaderships, bipartisan cooperation in congress in order to make that happen. the fast act did include a strong investments in rural america which are go for states like south dakota

at the heart of democra democracy, ben sasse, adam kings and others who should know better, cornyn, thune, mcconnell and there are more. of course, the media promote to them in the media say look at this, look at this they are trying to reverse the courts of the election and trying to take the franchise away from the people. let me be abundantly clear about this. i wrote a piece about this the other day and you may want to check it out. on january 6 we learn whether our constitution will hold and whether the republicans care. let me be clear, article two, section one, clause two of the united states constitution and

mitch mcconnell and john thune. thune said he thought it would go over like a shot dog. perhaps that's what prompted trump to tweet, i hope to see the great governor of south dakota run against rhino senator john thune in the upcoming 2022 ply mare. south dakota wants strong leadership now. she said she doesn't plan to primary thune. what does this say about trump? days before critical election, the next senate majority in georgia and trump is attacking the very leader who is have for the most part often defended him at length over the past four years. >> it shows that at least in the immediate future, even as the president leaves office on january 20th, that trump and trumpism and trump himself is going to have a hold on the party for the immediate future in terms of the immediate upcoming election cycles. we know the president hasn't ruled out a comeback bid. i would imagine he teases it out like the reality show producer that he is for some time. and as long as his kind of -- as long as he is out there, his voters are going to be attracted to that. you know, the peopl

senator thune. sen. thune: thank you, mr. chairman. congratulations, governor raimondo, on your nomination. ntia to oversee a broadband grant program to connect underserved areas. it is vitally important that we close the digital divide in states like south dakota and across america, however, the effectiveness in the ntia -- given its history awarded by the 2009 stimulus. the gao under the obama administration concluded that they had faced a number of challenges, from staffing to adequate data on broadband availability, resulting in a largely ineffective program at the taxpayers' expense. what steps would you take to correct the mistakes of the past, and will you commit to me that in tia will set up this program in a way that this new money only goes to areas that are completely unserved? gov. raimondo: thank you, senator, for that question. first, let me say that, as a governor of a state and having led through covid, i have seen the truly devastating effects that the lack of broadband can have on people. it is not a luxury, it is a n

and look, senator john thune, the majority whip in the united states senate, he said last night as he was leaving, it was absolutely time for the republican party to move on from donald trump. he said, quote, we've got to get back to where the party is built around a set of ideals, principles, and policies. alisyn? >> shame on them. shame on those senators. they sided with domestic terrorists yesterday. and we won't forget it. and i'm very glad that you read their names, lauren. thank you very much. >>> president trump is now vowing an orderly transition of power on january 20th, when president-elect joe biden will be sworn in, but this is only after weeks of fueling and inciting the deadly insurrection at the u.s. capitol and his damage is already done. cnn joe johns is live at the white house. what's happening, joe? >> good morning, alisyn. the president certainly waited as long as possible before he put out this statement and he put it out right after the electoral college vote up on capitol hill in the very early hours of the morning. it was the closest thing the president has put

i see thesident was railing against senator thune earlier and urging challenges to him.there may be consequences i guess from donald trump as he continues to thunder.oo >>uff: and speaking -- one of you mentioned josh hawley, i think it was you david, he is not only sidin with the president on this, he's speaking up that he's going to be the senator lyso far the on one who has said he is going to counted for joe biden., bei next week. what do you make of what josh hawley is up to, where doesthis leave him, and the republican party? >> brooks: i think it leaves the republican party divorced from reality intact even a post-trump era. josh hawley went to yale law school, aguably the finest law school in the country, sorry, for justice roberts, he is no intellectual slouch and yet he is pretending something is true that he has to know is not true because its plays to his base. and so it means going forward, the republicans are gointo do a lot of performative display of trumpian unreality. country because trs one of the the things we've lost this year parties going forward an

thune, mr. tillis, mr. t. >> mr. van hollen, mr. warner, . >> mr. whitehose, mr. wicker, m. [background sounds] [background sounds] >> the senate will be in order. be in order. the acting sergeant at arms make the proclamation. >> hear ye, , hear ye, hear ye. all persons are commanded to keep silent on payment imprisonment while the house of representatives is exhibiting to the senate of the united states an article of impeachment against donald john trump former president of the united states. >> mr. president? >> the senator from kentucky. >> article to section four of the constitution says the president, vice president and all fellow officers of the united states shall be removed from office on impeachment for an conviction of treason, bribery or other high crimes and misdemeanors. article one section three clause six states when the president of the united states is tried, the chief justice shall preside. as of noon last wednesday donald trump holds none of the positions listed in the constitution. he is a private citizen. the presiding officer is not the chief justice n

that's majority whip john thune. the president actually encouraged the pro-trump governor of south dakota to primary thune, essentially advocating for him to be voted out of office because thune has been one of many senators who have been vocal about opposing their colleagues' attempts to challenge the electoral college results this week. senator josh hawley is leading the charge in the senate for the gop saying he will object to the electoral college votes of at least one state. but there are dozens and dozens of republicans in the house who plan to do the same. obviously it's not going to change the electoral college results, it's really just a protest vote. but it's setting up a painful test for republicans if this becomes not just a ceremonial certification, but members are forced to put their votes on record in favor of or against the results. >> the surreal scene continues as donald trump gets ready to leave the white house. sarah westwood, thank you very much. >> thanks. >>> so you just heard wednesday's vote

we're hearing from another republican senator, john thune, who was asked is it time to move away from trump? he said i don't think there's any question about that. what happened today is indicative that we have to chart court. >> lindsey graham also breaking ranks with trump. coming up, a look inside the protest as it unfolded. >> a washington based corespondent was literally shoulder to shoulder with the protesters. based corespondent was literally shoulder to shoulder with the protesters. -based corespondent was literally shoulder to shoulder with the protesters. >>> you are taking a live look at the u.s. capitol just hours after pro trump protesters overpowered security and stormed through doors and windows. >> now, washington based correspondent robert moore, who reports for the british network itv was right there the moment they breached the building. >> we follow the aggrieved and infuriated trump supporters as they storm the building. through broken windows and doors they had forced open. and for a few heavy moments they felt they had won a precious victory. >> usa! usa! usa! >

. >> reporter: john, we saw the president fire at john thune because thune has been among those saying it is not the role of senators, lawmakers or anyone at this point to challenge the electoral college results. trump is calling on the pro trump governor to primary thune. he is suggesting lawmakers who stand in the way of his wishes should be rejected all the while praising the smaller number of congressional republicans who plan to object to the certification of the election results on wednesday that is led in the senate by josh hawley and has dozens of house republicans and incoming republicans who plan to challenge the results at trump's behest. >> sarah westwood, thank you very much. >>> on wednesday as sarah said, congress is expected to vote to certify joe biden's victory in the 2020 election. that isn't coming without its own challenges. cnn's phil mattingly has more. >> reporter: as the 116th congress comes to an end, well, the president with a pretty sharp rebuke from both republicans and democrats. now that doesn't mean the relations with congress are officially over. in fac

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aways from his last few days. >> in fact the president is calling for a primary challenge to john thune. extraordinary. phil, this comes as we've learned that 140 house republicans will object to the electoral college results next week. there was an extraordinary conference call yesterday between senate republicans. tell us what happened. >> reporter: this gets at what kaitlan was getting at, this fascinating dynamic, where you have republicans who are very clearly ready to move on. they are willing to acknowledge reality, and that's that joe biden is president-elect, and willing to acknowledge while donald trump may have extreme power within the party, because of his popularity with the base particul particularly, he will no longer be the leader of the party from a policy perspective. this phone call yesterday morning, senator mcconnell with his conference, and asking josh hawley, the missouri republican, who has said publicly he will object during the electoral vote count on january 6th, thus leading both chambers to have to recess and vote on those objections, and mcconnell asked haw

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shawn thune? john cornyn? the republican leadership in the senate has been utterly pathet pathetic.e're not taking election from anybody. they destroyed the election laws and are destroyed the constitution and you have taken an oath to uphold it and you need to protect the constitution and you need to protect the american people and you need to stare down the left wing media in this country and stare down the people in that chamber who have done this to us. that is what you are required to do as far as i am concerned. the house, you not need to listen to people like adam kings linger and others and who put out youtube videos about how righteous they are. or then sass, even worse. these people do not understand the constitution and are not defending it or supporting the constitution. we have a chance in this country and its left the congress and despite with the media said on election night air announcements did not choose the president and despite what the media said when electors were chosen by the state that does not choose the president. what happens in terms of choosing the pres

majority whip the honorable john thune and misses kimberly thune.ader the honorable charles schumer and misses ira schumer. president pro tempore of the senate the honorable chuck grassley. and misses jennifer heinz. [indistinct conversations and crowd noise] ♪ [indistinct marching orders] [soldiers marching] [orchestral music plays] ♪ [vast drumbeat leading into horns] --[fast drumbeat leading into horns] [drums and horns play] announcer: ladies and gentlemen, the former vice president, the honorable dan quayle. [orchestral music plays] ♪ -- [footsteps and indistinct conversation] [drumbeats into horn and orchestral music] [orchestral music plays] announcer: ladies and gentlemen the 42nd president of the united states, the honorable william j clinton and the honorable hillary rodham clinton. [orchestral music plays] ♪ [fast drumbeats into orchestral music] [drill orders] [orchestral music continues] announcer: the 43rd president of the united states the honorable george w. bush and laura bush. [orchestral music continues] [applause] ♪ [indistinct c

thune said that while the g.o.p. may be disappointed with the result, "at some point you have to face the music." yes, that music is a little ditty called "hail to the chief," and for the next four years, you're going to hear it every time you stand up when joe biden walks into the room. but some in the g.o.p. are still struggling to mince words in a way that will appease he who shall not be named. just ask wyoming senator and man interrupting a woman to say the same thing she's saying, john barrasso. when asked whether biden is president-elect, barrasso said that was a "gotcha question." yeah, classic gotcha question, like "who's the president?" and "what's your name?" and "what year is it?" and "how many fingers am i holding up?" and if you don't give the answers they like, all of a sudden, they gotcha! in five- point restraints for your own safety. but the award for dumbest reply has to go to north dakota senator and man caught looking at porn on his ipad, kevin cramer. cramer responded to the very straightforward

cogent and makes some sense occasionally are unlike thune and barrasso and the rest. ugly and awful to watch. mitch mcconnell, i can't understand why the state of kentucky doesn't impeach him. recall him. it's just -- he is a vicious, nasty old s.o.b., isn't he? >> well, being in the minority is going to be a whole lot different than being in the majority where you can control the lever ares of the senate. -- levers of the senate. i applaud mitch mcconnell for what he was able to do with justices and judges. i think that was laudable. but now it's a totally different game in the united states senate. of you have to convince people republicans and conservatives have the right ideas for america. you need youth and energy and excitement. i don't want see that from mitch mcconnell, with all due respect. but there is a younger generation and some good conservatives that i think would take that helm and would make a difference in contrasting against schumer, pelosi and biden. talk about old, tired and no new messaging. those three are the epitome of that. republicans need -

senator john thune is a great example of someone who has felt the wrath of the president after defending the idea of democracy and saying that the electoral college results should stand in the senate. senate majority leader mitch mcconnell has discouraged senators from challenging those election results, but senator josh hawley has come out and leading the charge in the senate saying he will object to the election results on wednesday forcing the house and the senate to take a vote on those election results. dozens and dozens of other house republicans have joined that effort which is sure to fail but will be a symbolic show to trump and his supporters that they are joining his push to fight the elections. christi andon. >> sarah westwood at the white house. thank you very much. >>> sarah said this wednesday congress is expected to vote to certify joe biden's victory in the 2020 election. >> isn't coming without its own challenges. cnn's phil mattingly has more of that. >> reporter: as the 116th congress comes to an end, well, the president with a pretty sharp rebuke from both republican

next is senator thune. suppose soon thank you. dr. yellen -- sen. thune: dr. yellen, thank you. the one thing that concerns me, that nobody seems to be talking about anymore, is the massive amount of debt that we continue to rack up as a nation, and in fact, the president-elect has proposed a couple trillion dollars fiscal plan on top of that, which we have already done , which would add somewhere around $5.3 trillion to deficits , according to the committee for responsible budget, of which you have been a board member. that is 25% of gdp, and it would move the additional debt above 100% debt to gdp, which are categories we have not been in since the 1940's. so what i am concerned about is we seem to have no concern now about borrowing money in the short term, and the argument is that interest rates are low, it is like free money. it is not. it has to be paid back. at some point, the risk return ratio that people who are lending us money are going to say is not sufficient for the risk, and demand a higher interest rate, and we have to refinance at a higher interest rate, and pre

the president, for example, went after the number two republican in the senate, john thune, and evendvocated for him to be primaried, basically pushing for him to be unseated because thune criticized efforts to overturn the electoral college results when they are certified in a joint session of congress on january 6th. senator josh hawley is expected to lead the charge in the senate to object to at least one state's certification of the electoral college votes and he's being joined by dozens of republicans in the house. a handful of those republicans led by congressman gohmert did file the lawsuit that was focused on challenging pence's role in counting those votes. but that was tossed out in court and pence had remained silent about the lawsuit for days. however, he did respond in a filing asking the court to toss it out because he said he did not have the authority to discard electoral college votes. and meanwhile, that is not the only setback that the president has faced just in the last day. congress voted overwhelmingly to reject his veto of the defense spending bill. it's the f

. >> john thune called the proposal a shotgun approach. >>> the senate did vote overwhelmingly today to override president trump's veto of the national defense authorization act. senators delivered president trump the first veto of his presidency by an 81-13 vote far above the two-thirds needed. the house took similar action. the president vetoed the measure last week because it didn't include his request to repeal an internet liability law known as section 230. he also objected to provisions that would rename military bases and facilities named after confederate leaders. >> the united kingdom is entering a new era officially cutting ties with the european union. as the new year began the brexit transition period came to an end and this comes four years after the uk quit the longtime partnership and britain left the eu almost a year ago and remained a part of the economic structures until now. he is calling it a, quote, amazing moment for the country. the british economy will suffer with many businesses unprepared for the year ahead. >>> how is this for 2021 inspiration. juliette has

you mentioned senator thune. all these guys, who are quiet, you know, ignoring it is empowering it. they are going to want a fresh start. they are not going to get one. they are going to forum shop for a long time in terms of how they media expose themselves. i will come right back to you. let's discuss the implications going forward. we have nia malika henderson and ron brownstein. thank you very much. nia malika henderson. this idea of an autopsy by the republican party. i don't get it. i mean, the u.s. capitol is invaded by crazed trumpers, today, and you still vote to accept an objection that has no merit, no basis, and is exactly what fomented what happened today. how is there any proof of, you know, getting religion on the wrongs? >> yeah. you know, it's unclear how this party moves forward, if it moves forward. if it even wants to move forward, without trump. because you still have those folks in the party, who are still devoted to him. we saw that, obviously, play out, mostly in the house, a bit in the senate. particularly, for those ambitious folks, like josh hawley and ted

here was senator thune's reaction. >> yeah, well, finally, an attack tweet. >> you almost made it. >>im so long? it's fine. that's the way he communicates. >> and joining us now, chief political correspondent for politico, tim alberta, who is the writer of record on this feud. and tim, this civil war in the republican party, you were really the only person i wanted to talk to about it this morning because you have been very carefully following this story, talking to all of the players involved. and i know when trump first came into office, i think that there was a sense among many republicans that one of them said, well, we have to be the ballast in the ship of states. we'll try to work with him. we'll try to keep our criticisms of him private and see where we can go. but now we're here. and all of the things and the ways they have approached the president in the last four years are, i think, really impacting what's happening now because the reality is, the voters believe trump. what is your take on how this ultimately plays out, and how dangerous is it, really, for the republican par

a twitter assault on senator john thune, who said biden's win will not be overturned the president urged south dakota governor, christy gnome, to run against him. while stoking expectations for his supporters by promoting a big protest rally in washington, d.c., january 6th. that day, vice president mike pence must preside over the final counting of electoral votes. but he is fighting off a lawsuit that seeks to give pence power to toss out some states' votes. enough to flip biden's victory to trump government lawyers defending pence belittled the claim for suing, ironically, the very person whose power they seek to promote. making this all the more awkward, the suit was filed by a group of trump loyalists, including a texas congressman, against the vice president, who is widely viewed as unfailingly loyal to president trump peter. >> kelly, thank you. >>> the new year is ushering in new laws across the country, including one that impacts anyone who wants to board a plane. pete williams, with what you need to know. >> reporter: starting today, hawaii becomes the first state in the nation

thune. mr. tillis. mr. toomey. mr. tauber bill. mr. van hollen. mr. warner. miss warren. mr.tehouse. mr. wicker. mr. wyden. mr. young. >> [inaudible] a quorum is present. majorityr. leader. >> very briefly i simply want to welcome all senators on this first day of the one 117th congress. today, 60 members are joining our ranks for the first time. senators hagerty of tennessee, hicken looper of colorado, lujan of new mexico, of wyoming, marshal of kansas, tuberville of alabama, have been elected to serve the people of their home states. and of course senator kelly of arizona was sworn in a few weeks ago. we congratulate all of our new colleagues as well as their families and look forward to the ways in which they were unique experiences their ideas and their priorities will enrich this institution and strengthen our work for the nation. to say the one 117th congress convenes at a challenging time would indeed be an understatement. from political division to ao deadly pandemic to adversaries around the world the hurdles before us are many. and they are serious. but there's also

thune? mr. thune, no. mr. thillis? mr. thillis, no. mr. toomey? mr. toomey, no. mr. tuberville. mr. van hollen, no. mr. warner? mr. warner, no. ms. warren? >> no. >> ms. warren, no. mr. whitehouse? mr. whitehouse, no. mr. wicker? >> no. >> mr. wicker, no. mr. wyden? mr. wyden, no. mr. young? >> no. >> mr. young, no. ms. harris? ms. harris, no. mrs. gillibrand? no. mr. blumenthal? mr. blumenthal, no. ms. hirono? ms. hirono, no. mr. portman? mr. portman, no. mr. cassidy? mr. cassidy, no. mr. menendez? mr. menendez, no. mr. kaine? mr. kaine, no. >>> so, here we go. they are just waiting to announce right now, chris. >> so, what's happening right now is the parliamentarians, the people who sit in front of mike pence, if you are looking at the screen right now. you have the people who are on that top level. those are the senate parliamentarians. all right. those two rows. and they are pretty much the only ones who know the rules. so now, they are finishing the vote. and then, mike pence will record the vote. now, what has been remarkable here, so far. >> sanders. >> yeah, they are still

deterred by these mobs and again even republican senators and members of leadership like senator john thune who said in a statement that lawmakers will not be deterred from fulfilling their constitutional duty and even before all of this happened we even heard senate majority leader mitch mcconnell speak out against the republicans who are objecting to certifying the election results saying we just simply have no proof that there was this widespread fraud at least on such a large scale that it would overturn the election so even you know before all of this republican members of congress said that a lot of the top leaders. i should say that the election results needed to be certified. >>alexandra big picture and the democrats are in on the same page you have the progressives and the more moderates. but certainly you have to say the republican party is fractured now you have the trump loyalists. we saw what happened in historically at least the past 30 years or so a very red state with the 2 democratic senators winning that those runoff elections where do you think the republican party and th

thune: i ask unanimous consent that the quorum call be lifted. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. thune: yesterday i voted out of commission on pete buttigieg and the senate will vote to confirm him. i had a good meeting with mr. buttigieg last week. we talked about a number of south dakota transportation priorities. our nation is zhu for another -- is due for another transportation bill and i asked mr. buttigieg about rural transportation priorities as part of any infrastructure legislation. a strong rural transportation infrastructure benefits the entire national transportation system by connecting major highways and railways in regions that produce so many of the agricultural and industrial products we rely on. it's key to helping south dakota farmers and ranchers and farmers and ranchers around the country get their products to market. i also asked mr. buttigieg to work with me to improve tribal transportation infrastructure. right now prosperous tribes in populous areas receive a disproportionate amount of tribal transportation fu

next is senator thune. sen. thune: i'm going to try to roll a lot of thoughts and questions into one big package here. the one thing that concerns me that nobody seems to be talking about anymore is the massive amount of debt that we continue to rack up as a nation and the president-elect has proposed a couple trillion dollars fiscal plan on top of that which we have done already which would add about $5.3 trillion to deficits according to the committee for responsible budget , of which you have been a board member. that's 25% of gdp, and it would move the additional debt above 100% debt to gdp, which are categories we have not been in since the 1940's. what i am concerned about is, we seem to have no concern about borrowing money in the short term, and the argument is interest rates are low and it's like free money, it's not, it has to be paid back. at some point the risk return ratio that people who are lending us money are going to say is not sufficient further risk, but they will demand a higher interest rat

trump's anger turned on the senate republican whip, john thune, who said publicly joe biden's victory will stand. wielding his twitter hammer, the president urged south dakota's governor to run against thune, trashing him as a republican in name only. >> yeah, well, finally. an attack tweet. what took so long? >> heading into next week, pressure builds on vice president mike pence who must preside over the final count of electoral votes. but texas congressman louis gohmert and a group of arizona trump electors sued pence to surge him to reject votes and flip the race for trump. pence's lawyers mocked them for suing, ironically, the very person whose power they seek to promote. congressman gohmert's lawyers blasted pence as the envelope opener in chief who has know authority to preside over anything. a federal judge in texas appointed by president trump decided that case would be dismissed saying that gohmert and those other trump loyalists did not have legal standing. so this wednesday pence will be in the chair presiding and there bill be protests and demonstrations and debate, but i

coates senator john thune has commented that any efforts to overturn the election would shotne -- goown like a dog. he is really indicative of where senate leadership is at in this context. that, president trump again very much aware that his message is resonating with a mistrusting electorate has said that senator through and will now be primary. so it's a very contentious volatile situation right now and the republican party. have thegeorgia, we republican incumbents that are up for reelection not really weighing in so much on the wednesday certification of the electoral college where there is opposition among some recover lukens -- republicans. kevin: senators leffler and perdue both having to navigate in the closing days of this race in addition to the certification, also the pandemic. senator perdue having to quarantine after being exposed to covid-19. have seen topou republicans, top democrats from the upper echelons of the party both lay down their campaign markers in the peach state and quite honestly from clarity perspective, we might not have a result, similar to the novemb

thune? mr. tillis? mr. tubberville? mr. warner? miss warren? mr. whitehouse? mr. whicker? mr. widen? mr. young? >> [silence]. >> [silence continues]. >> [silence]. >> [no audible conversations]. >> laura: the senate is voting on the objection to the arizona election results. chad pergram has breaking news. tell us what you just learned about why congress might be here late into the night? >> it's going to take a while because hawley the republican from missouri who announced first he would object to the electoral votes indicated he would continue his objection to the state of pennsylvania. that's next in the mix. this is the vote whether or not to certify arizona. the house of representatives across the building is still debating arizona. they will take a vote as well. it was thought after all of the chaos earlier today maybe this would be it. people would dial back their positions and say we need to get along. let's not have objections. but they had to vote on arizona in the house and senate. rand paul thought they would call it off and approve the rest of the electoral slate

certainly has been urging people -- you know, he was urging the governor of south dakota to primary john thune. but -- but -- it's not clear whether he's really going to put money behind those threats, and it's not clear yet how influential he will be beyond the very core of his base, the kind of people who would show up for a rally. >> one of the giant questions for the next several days, and then, of course, the next several months and the next cycle. does the president fade away or does he find a way to stage a resurgence. tamara keith, jeff zeleny, phil mattingly, grateful for the reporting. >>> the insurrection at the capitol is now serving as an inspiration for future attack planning. we made usaa insurance for members like martin. an air force veteran made of doing what's right, not what's easy. so when a hailstorm hit, usaa reached out before he could even inspect the damage. that's how you do it right. usaa insurance is made just the way martin's family needs it with hassle-free claims, he got paid before his neighbor even got started. because doing right by our members, that's what's

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complaint that some of the moderate senators, republicans, were having, snort murkowski as well as john thune saying the president wouldn't have due process or fair process. but fred, make no mistake, the process will move forward starting on monday, when literally the house managers will physically walk over that article of impeachment for incitement of insurrection to the senate side. it will be introduced on the senate floor. and then the next day, you will have that summons issued to trump, followed by some critical deadlines that you see there. february 2, a deadline for the trump team response to house managers, to present their own pre-trial briefs, also a deadline for trump to also present his pre-trial briefs, and then that final day, february 9, the house going ahead with its rebuttal, and then the formal opening, if you will, of this trial. it's still uncertain, fred, just how many witnesses will be called forward, what type of time senators will have to question those witnesses and additional aspects of the hearing. all of that will be negotiated in the days ahead. >> one has to w

look at the way he went after john thune, the number two republican senator, calling for the senator from south dakota to be primaried over his dismissal of hawley's objection. the president clearly still holds the reins of the republican party and he is exercising that power in a way where establishment republicans are clearly bending to his will. boris sanchez, cnn, at the white house. >> now the dysfunction in washington could impact tuesday's crucial u.s. senate races here in georgia. control of the chamber is at stake. incumbent republicans loeffler and purdue. the republican push to overturn biden's win described as a new low. this is what he had to say. >> we have a democratic system, and the most powerful four words in a democracy are "the people have spoken." they've spoken all across this country. they've spoken in swing states like pennsylvania. they've spoken here in the state of georgia. instead of standing up for the people and their voices, like these other dozen politicians, kelly loeffler is focused on her own future rather than the future of the people who are tryin

at the other republicans who make, you know, fiscal conservatives, limited government, senator john thunece, or senator majority leader mitch mcconnell who are making it very clear that this is a vote that they did not want. that it will not be beneficial to them to raise their hands and go on record with this vote. but they are forced to do so now. and so, this is something that is going to set up clearly the alliances moving forward in the republican party which side, which party are you a part of? the trump republican party, or the other traditional republican party? it's a divided one and people will have to go on record saying which part they are part of. >> all the experts that we've spoken to said this is going to result in the same outcome, regardless if they create the drama, it may delay the outcome but ultimately joe biden will be certified as the president-elect and will be sworn in on january 20th. will trump ever fully accept the results of this election, boris? >> reporter: i wouldn't bet on it, anna. if you speak to people close to the president, they do not think he will

he said that thune would be primaried.lect, trump went to the future to endorse whoever is running against dewine. when lisa murkowski said before the election she didn't know whether she had vote for trump, he vowed to campaign against her. same goes for senator ben sasse. after he criticized him at a town hall, saying he kisses dictators' butts, and it is not politicians he threatens and tries to intimidate. he threatens his own appointees. he did it with former attorney general jeff sessions on a number of occasions. when sessions refused, he asked him to resign. trump made sure to get revenge when sessions ran for the senate, endorsing his opponent, tweeting sessions couldn't be trusted, that he was a quote, disaster, that let us all down. trump pressured former attorney general bill barr, asked him publicly to prosecute. >> bill barr, will he be around a second term? >> i have no comment. can't comment. too early. not happy with all of the evidence i have, i can tell you that, i'm not happy. >> he also likes to pressu

there is senators like john thune, even his own home state senator who are up in 2022 and they have not been supportive of this effort, and we're expecting them to vote against it. so it is really, a dynamic that you're seeing that usually plays out behind the seens, will he get the party going to be successful? or do you see trumpism succeed long after trump is out of the white house? >> amy, about that point in the call where the president says he wants brad raffensperger to find 11780 votes, does the secretary of state's office know what the president is talking about there? was he just asking them to change the tallly? was he asking them to forge votes? was he asking them to discount that many democratic votes in order to give him the state? >> that is the question of the hour, of the news cycle. that is exactly the number of trumps that he needs added to his column to beat joe biden by one vote in georgia. so it does sound like trump is saying i don't care how you do it, i just need this many to win and that is what has fuelled the interpretations of this call that it crosses the l